I went to B&N, and watched the kids do their contests and costumes, which was cute and fun. Then I got my book. I had an early number, and got home by 1 am-ish. I remember best the highlights of reading the book the first time.

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The Sorting Hat says I belong in Slytherin.

“Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.”-D. H. Lawrence

Mine wasn't the greatest. I was planning on reading the book in one day like I did with OOTP and HBP, but unfortunatly I had work the same day the book came out. I was so close to calling in sick but my mom wouldn't let me. So I read the book from 4:00pm to arond 11:00pm. Then I finished the book the next morning/afternoon when I woke up.

Exactly one year ago I was lounging in the Slytherin Common Room, participating in a Harry Potter trivia contest (as Dobby the House-Elf). As it was July 20, 2007 (which Harry Potter fan could forget that day?), I was at the Deathly Hallows release party!

What remembrances do you have concerning your night waiting to hold the Deathly Hallows in your hands?

The party I attended began at nine o'clock, at ten we made wands, at 10:30 I had my face painted, eleven at a trivia contest, 11:30 a costume contest, and afterward waiting in line for the Deathly Hallows book!

Wow, sounded like a blast! Hm....I don't really recall the day very well. However, I do remember waiting for my nephew to be dropped off. I didn't eat any dinner because I just wanted to go to where all the excitement was. So it took forever for my dad to get in the car, and then at last minute he decides lets go to dinner! So I was an hour and a half late to Barnes and Noble, I was most upset....... There was people everywhere. I went to check in and then my nephew wanted to check things out. I wasn't really the type to get my face painted, and my nephew was a big chicken, and not to be rude, but the paintings weren't so hot..... We walked around and ran into some people. Then my nephew noticed these feetprint on the floor, he wanted to follow them, but I really didn't want to. I had to chase after him, I'm actually glade I did because we would've never found the line.....

So we sat in line. It was pretty good since we sat next to this lady and her granddaughter, she kept my nephew occupied, until she took off with her mom..... Luckily, this couple sat next to us and the guy brought some books for my nephew to look at when he went to get coffee. I was ever so grateful. It was fun because the whole store started singing, and then we were humming the song to Harry Potter, and people were yelling at each other from across the aisles. I love how we Potter fans join together at these times, even though we might be complete strangers.......

And then the countdown began, and the line was moving, and people were clapping and whooping. It wasn't like that when HBP came out at boring BooksAMillion...... I remember my fingers tingling when the man handed me DH. The sensation and the excitement coursing through me, rushing down the escalators, trying not to trip, and not losing my nephew. I was most upset to let it go when I had to pay for it. On the way home, I just held it in my hands, not wanting to let go of the feeling of a new, unread Harry Potter book.......

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Johnny Depp at the Dark Shadows Premiere.

Photo courtesy from twitpik.com

Johnny Depp is my possession, and no one else's, however much they might think so and claim....

It' been 10 years since the release of DH! In some ways it feels like so long ago, but we've been so spoiled since the release that it almost seems like it should be more than 10! I expected to have the films and be more or less done after 2011, but we've had quite a bit of new material over just the last 6 years. But it just hasn't felt the same - as a fandom, or to myself - since that last book was read!

It' been 10 years since the release of DH! In some ways it feels like so long ago, but we've been so spoiled since the release that it almost seems like it should be more than 10! I expected to have the films and be more or less done after 2011, but we've had quite a bit of new material over just the last 6 years. But it just hasn't felt the same - as a fandom, or to myself - since that last book was read!

I feel the same. In anticipation of the release of DH, I read the first 6 books to refresh my memory of details!

__________________People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff...

I went to a midnight release, got mine relatively early, then went out to my car and called a friend who was as big a Potter fan as I was, but who lived three time zones west of me, and read her the final chapter and the epilogue. Sure, there were a few spoilers, but we both knew we were getting 'em, and that there would be a lot of good reading setting up those final bits.

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Where are they now? (part 42)
(an occasional series following wizardry after the Second Voldemort War)Rubeus Hagrid continued as groundskeeper and Professor of Magical Beasts.Here he is on a summer vacation trip to the Canary Islands with Fluffy, his second favorite dog.